Product documentation
Abstract
A variety of hardware and software is required to run IBM Lotus Connections
Content
IBM Lotus Connections 2.5
Contents
1. Component: Client (Contained)
2. Component: Mobile (Contained)
3. Component: Server (Contained)
Component: Client
Requires
Operating Systems
Operating System | Attributes |
| Linux® Platform listing of supported OS | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Version 10.0 SP1 with XGL | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Desktop Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Mac OS Platform listing of supported OS | |
| Mac OS X Tiger Version 10.4 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Desktop Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Desktop Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Windows® Platform listing of supported OS | |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Desktop Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Windows XP Professional with SP2 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Desktop Hardware platform: x86-32 |
Software Requirements
Group | Product | Applicable OS | Notes |
| Lotus Connections Plug-ins | Microsoft® Office Version 2003 | All supported OS | |
| Microsoft Office Version 2007 | All supported OS | ||
| Microsoft Outlook Version 2003 | All supported OS | ||
| Microsoft Outlook Version 2007 | All supported OS | ||
| Lotus Product Interlock | Lotus Mashups Version 1.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | |
| Lotus Quickr™ services for WebSphere® Portal Version 8.1.1 Feature Packs (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Quickr J2EE | |
| Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino Version 8.2 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Quickr Domino | |
| Lotus Sametime® Version 8.0.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| Lotus Sametime Version 8.0.2 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| Lotus Notes® Version 8.0.2 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| Lotus Notes Version 8.5 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| Web Browsers | Apple Safari Version 3.1 | Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 (x86-32) | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0 | Windows XP Professional with SP2 (x86-32) | ||
| Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0 | Windows Vista Enterprise (x86-32) Windows XP Professional with SP2 (x86-32) | ||
| Mozilla Firefox Version 2.0 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Version 10.0 (x86-32) Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 (x86-32) Mac OS X Tiger Version 10.4 (x86-32) Windows Vista Enterprise (x86-32) Windows XP Professional with SP2 (x86-32) | ||
| Mozilla Firefox Version 3.0 | Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 (x86-32) Windows Vista Enterprise (x86-32) Windows XP Professional with SP2 (x86-32) |
Component: Mobile
Works with
Software Requirements
Group | Product | Applicable OS | Notes |
| Mobile Device | Apple iPhone Version 3G | All supported OS | All supported · iPhone OS versions · Safari browsers |
| Apple iPhone Version 3GS | All supported OS | All supported · iPhone OS versions · Safari browsers | |
| Apple iPhone Version first generation | All supported OS | All supported · iPhone OS versions · Safari browsers | |
| Apple iPod touch Version first generation | All supported OS | All supported · iPhone OS versions · Safari browsers | |
| Apple iPod touch Version second generation | All supported OS | All supported · iPhone OS versions · Safari browsers | |
| Nokia Series 60 Version 3.x | All supported OS | All supported · Symbian OS versions · Nokia S60 Browsers | |
| Nokia Series 60 Version 5.x | All supported OS | All supported · Symbian OS versions · Nokia S60 Browsers |
Component: Server
Requires
Operating Systems
Operating System | Attributes |
| AIX® Platform listing of supported OS | |
| AIX Version 5.3 TL4 | Bitness: 64-Tolerate Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: System i/p System p™: IBM POWER4™, POWER5™, POWER6™ |
| Linux Platform listing of supported OS | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES Version 4.0 Update 7 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: x86-32 Kernel version: 2.6.86 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.0 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Windows Platform listing of supported OS | |
| Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition | Bitness: 64-Tolerate Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: x86-64 |
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: x86-32 |
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 | Bitness: 32-bit Deployment Role: Server Hardware platform: x86-32 |
Hardware Requirements
Group | Applicable OS | Notes |
| Disk Space | All supported OS | Post installation & configuration requirements: · 50 GB on each system |
| All supported OS | Installation Server: · 300 MB required in the installer \temp directory · 6 G for the directory which has WebSphere® Application Server installed: - Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer - Microsoft Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer · 1 G for the Lotus Connections installation home directory. - Linux: /opt/IBM/LotusConnections - Microsoft Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\LotusConnections | |
| All supported OS | Install requirements for Lotus Connections features: · Activities – 40 MB · Blogs – 60 MB · Bookmarks– 60 MB · Communities – 60 MB · Files – 80 MB · Home page – 40 MB · Mobile –20 MB · News – 20 MB · Profiles – 40 MB · Search – 60 MB · Wikis – 80 MB | |
| All supported OS | Minimum recommended disk space for Lotus Connections features: · Activities - 10 GB for content store · Blogs - 10 GB for content store · Bookmarks - 600 MB for FavIcons · Communities - Not required · Files - 10 GB · Home page - 100 MB · Mobile - Not required · News - 500 MB for the message store · Profiles - 30 MB for cached files directory · Search - 15 GB for index files directory. · Wikis - 10 GB Note: These directories will grow in size as the number of users increases. Monitor the space availability to know when to increase capacity. See the Administration section of the Lotus Connections Information Center for more information. Disk space required for: · Content store (Holds files, images etc) · File upload directory stores files uploaded to Blogs. Note: Must be added to a shared drive if you are setting up a network deployment. · Cache files directory · Index files directory · Temporary download location for indexing Files content
Blogs Default = 4 MB Allocate 4 MB multiplied by the number of Blogs being hosted. Recommend 400 MB to start. Bookmarks The icons that are displayed on Bookmarks are stored in the FavIcons file directory. This directory must have at least 150 MB of space for a deployment with 250,000 bookmarks. News Each message store requires 500 MB. Standalone deployment: 1 message store for each server. Network Deployment: 1 message store for each cluster. Search The disk space requirement for the search index is dependent on the amount of content in the individual Lotus Connections features and this requirement will grow as the Lotus Connections content grows. To allow for operations such as index optimization, allocate disk space at least three times the size of the index directory. | |
| Memory | All supported OS | Minimum requirement for Lotus Connections Server:
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| Minimum Hardware Requirements | All supported OS |
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Software Requirements
Group | Product | Applicable OS | Notes |
| Application Servers | WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.23 Pilot install only |
| WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.23 Includes Edge Server: This does not support Windows 2008 32-bit or 64-bit. Required Fix Packs: PK78743 - Required for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. |
Software Requirements
Group | Product | Applicable OS | Notes |
| Databases | DB2® Enterprise Server Edition Version 9.1 (overview) (support) | AIX Version 5.3 TL4 (System i/p) (x86-64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES Version 4.0 Update 7 (x86-32) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.0 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86-64) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) | DB2 Enterprise Edition 9.1 FP6 |
| DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Version 9.5 (overview) (support) | AIX Version 5.3 TL4 (System i/p) (x86-64) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86-64) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) | DB2 Enterprise Edition 9.5 FP3 DB2 supports Linux 64-bit only | |
| DB2 Express Edition Version 9.5 (overview) (support) | AIX Version 5.3 TL4 (System i/p) (x86-64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.0 (x86-32) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES Version 4.0 Update 7 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86-64) | DB2 Express Edition 9.5 FP3 Pilot install only | |
| Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Version 2005 SP2 | Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86-64) | ||
| Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Version Release 2 10.2.0.4 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.0 (x86-32) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES Version 4.0 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) | Linux Windows | |
| Directory Integrator | Tivoli® Directory Integrator Version 6.1.1 (overview) (support) | AIX Version 5.3 TL4 (System i/p) (x86-64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.0 (x86-32) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES Version 4.0 Update 7 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) | IBM TDI 6.1.1 FP 6 · Not supported on Windows 2008 Server |
| Feed Reader | Feed Reader Version Any | All supported OS | Any enterprise feed reader supporting ATOM protocol |
| HTTP Proxy Support | IBM HTTP Server Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | IBM HTTP Server 6.1.0.23 |
| LDAP Servers | Lotus Domino® Version 7.0.2 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | |
| Lotus Domino Version 8.0.2 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | ||
| Lotus Domino Version 8.5 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | ||
| Tivoli Directory Server Version 6.0 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0.0.3 | |
| Tivoli Directory Server Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | ||
| Microsoft Active Directory Version 2003 | Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (x86-32) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86-64) | Microsoft Active Directory 2003 SP2, ADAM | |
| Novell eDirectory Version 8.8 | All supported OS | ||
| Sun Java™ System Directory Server Version 5.2 | All supported OS | iPlanet 5.2 | |
| Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition Version 6.0 | All supported OS | ||
| Lotus Connections Plug-ins | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Version 2007 | All supported OS | |
| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0 | All supported OS | ||
| WebSphere® Portal Server Version 6.0.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| WebSphere Portal Server Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | Lotus Connections Plug-ins | |
| Reverse Proxy | Tivoli® Access Manager for e-business Version 6.0 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | |
| WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 6.1 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | WebSphere Application Server Edge Components 6.1 | |
| Security | CA SiteMinder Version 6.0 | All supported OS | CA SiteMinder 6.0 for WebSphere |
| Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Version 6.0 (overview) (support) | All supported OS | ||
| Java SPNEGO (Simple and Protected Negotiation) | All supported OS | SPNEGO/Kerberos (WebSphere Application Server 6.1 based) | |
| Virus Scanning | McAfee Web Security Appliance Version 3300 | All supported OS | |
| McAfee Web Security Appliance Version 3400 | All supported OS | ||
| Symantec Scan Engine Version 5.1.6.31 | All supported OS | ||
| Wiki Connector | Confluence Version 2.9 | All supported OS |
Original publication date
2009/8/17
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